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*[[East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and_Libraries]]
*[[West Yorkshire Archives and Libraries]]
*[[North Yorkshire Archives and Libraries]]
*[[South Yorkshire Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Tees Valley Archives and Libraries]]
==Archives==
'''North Yorkshire County Record Office'''<br>County Record Office<br>Malpas Road<br>Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8TB UK<br>Telephone: 01609 777585<br>
Email: [mailto:archives@northyorks.gov.uk archives@northyorks.gov.uk]<br>
[http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/23584/County-record-office Website]<br>
'''Collections in our custody include:'''
*records of the North Riding of Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire County Council;
*records of the boroughs of Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon and Scarborough;
*records of over 40 different urban and rural district councils established under the 1894 Local Government Act;
*parish records from almost 300 separate parishes;
*court records including those of the North Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions dating from the sixteenth century onwards;
*records from many of North Yorkshire's landed estates and prominent families;
*records of 24 different Poor Law Unions;
*the North Riding Registry of Deeds spanning the years 1736 to 1970 and containing over a million entries; and
*historic maps and plans of North Yorkshire including over 350 parish tithe maps, enclosure maps, mine plans, railway plans and architect's drawings.
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'''Borthwick Institute'''<br>University Library and Archives<br>University of York<br>Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK<br>Telephone: 01904 321166<br>
Email: [mailto:borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk]<br>[http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ Website]<br>
[https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/holdings/what-we-hold/church/ Church of England and nonconformist records]


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University Library and Archives<br>University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK  
'''The Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society'''<br>Suite 10E<br>Joseph's Well<br>Hanover Way<br>Leeds, Yorkshire LS3 1AB UK<br>Telephone: 0113 245 7910<br>
Email: [mailto:yas.secretary@gmail.com yas.secretary@gmail.com]<br>
[http://www.yas.org.uk Website]
:The Society’s archives include remarkably varied and fascinating collections of maps, diaries, letters, prints, photographs, deeds, wills, manorial records and rare or early printed books which altogether offer insight into the archaeology and history of the historic county of York from prehistoric to modern times.
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'''Explore York Libraries & Archives'''<br>York Explore Library Learning Centre<br>Museum Street<br>York, North Yorkshire YO1 7DS UK<br>Telephone: 01904 552800<br>
Email: [mailto:archives@exploreyork.org.uk archives@exploreyork.org.uk]<br>
[https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/ Website]
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'''Great Ayton Discovery Centre'''<br>105b High Street<br>Great Ayton<br>Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire TS9 6NB UK<br>Telephone: 01642 723268<br>
Email: [mailto:greataytondisco@outlook.com greataytondisco@outlook.com]<br>
[http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/25272/Great-Ayton-discovery-centre Website]<br>
Information and facilities at the discovery centre:
*family history
*free online access to Ancestry.com, Find My Past, the British Newspaper Archive and Access to Research
*local studies
*newspapers


== Libraries ==
===== Contact  =====
*[https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/local-libraries '''North Yorkshire Libraries''']


== Museums ==
Phone: +44 (0)1904 321166<br>Email: [mailto:bihr500@york.ac.uk bihr500@york.ac.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick/ http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick/]  
For a long list of North Yorkshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_North_Yorkshire '''List of museums in North Yorkshire'''] in Wikipedia.<br>
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==Civil Registration Offices==
The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
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Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/nry.html Civil Registration Districts in Yorkshire North Riding].


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===== Holdings  =====
*[https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/certificates-birth-death-marriage-and-civil-partnership '''Certificates – birth, death, marriage and civil partnership''']
*[https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/harrogate-register-office '''Harrogate Register Office''']
{{Place|Yorkshire}} {{England Archives and Libraries}}


[[Category:Yorkshire, England]]
*Records of the Archbishop, Archdeacons and Rural Deans of the Province of York
[[Category:Counties of England]]
*Records of peculiar jurisdictions
*Bishopthorpe records—the residence of the archbishops of York since the 13th century
*Probate records
*Records of the Church commissioners
*Parish records
*Tithe awards and maps
 
===== Other Information  =====
 
*Probate and marriage bond indexes available online through the British Origins web site at [http://www.origins.net/ http://www.origins.net/]
*No searchable databases on the Institute website
*Research service for a fee
 
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=== WEST YORKSHIRE  ===
 
==== West Yorkshire Archive Service  ====
 
There are five regional offices.&nbsp; Click on a link below for more information.
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=202 Bradford]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=203 Calderdale] (Halifax and district)
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=204 Kirlees] (Huddersfield and district)
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=205 Leeds]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=201 Wakefield]
 
==== West Yorkshire Libraries with large Family History collections  ====
 
*[http://www.bradford.gov.uk/bmdc/leisure_and_culture/library_and_information_services/local_and_family_history/bradford_local_studies.htm Bradford]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=2780 Castleford]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=1564 Leeds]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=1761 Pontefract]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=740 Wakefield]
 
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=== EAST&nbsp;YORKSHIRE  ===
 
==== East Yorkshire Archive and Local Studies Service ====
 
 
 
==== Brynmor Jones Library  ====
 
University of Hull<br>Cottingham Road<br>Hull HU6 7RX, UK
 
===== Contact  =====
 
Phone: +44 (0)1482 465440<br>Fax: +44 (0)1482 466205<br>Email: libhelp@hull.ac.uk<br>Website: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/acs/lib.aspx
 
===== Holdings  =====
 
*Landed family and estate archives
*Trades union and labour archives
*Business records
*Religious archives
 
===== Other Information  =====
 
*Online catalogue
*Online virtual tour of the library
*Online request form
 
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==== Hull History Centre  ====
 
Worship Street<br>Hull HU2 8BG, UK&nbsp;
 
===== Contact  =====
 
Phone: +44 (0)1482 317500<br>Email: hullhistorycentre@hullcc.gov.uk (general enquires)<br>Website: http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/
 
===== Holdings  =====
 
More copies than original records, including
 
*Civil birth, marriage and death indexes, beginning 1837
*Census returns
*Burial records
*Church records
*Street directories
*Burgess Rolls, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
*Wills
*Newspapers
 
===== Other Information  =====
 
*Online catalogues and source guides
*Enquiry service for a fee
 
[[Category:Yorkshire|Archives]]

Revision as of 11:34, 11 May 2011

Borthwick Institute[edit | edit source]

University Library and Archives
University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK

Contact[edit | edit source]

Phone: +44 (0)1904 321166
Email: bihr500@york.ac.uk
Website: http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick/

Holdings[edit | edit source]
  • Records of the Archbishop, Archdeacons and Rural Deans of the Province of York
  • Records of peculiar jurisdictions
  • Bishopthorpe records—the residence of the archbishops of York since the 13th century
  • Probate records
  • Records of the Church commissioners
  • Parish records
  • Tithe awards and maps
Other Information[edit | edit source]
  • Probate and marriage bond indexes available online through the British Origins web site at http://www.origins.net/
  • No searchable databases on the Institute website
  • Research service for a fee


WEST YORKSHIRE[edit | edit source]

West Yorkshire Archive Service[edit | edit source]

There are five regional offices.  Click on a link below for more information.

West Yorkshire Libraries with large Family History collections[edit | edit source]


EAST YORKSHIRE[edit | edit source]

East Yorkshire Archive and Local Studies Service[edit | edit source]

Brynmor Jones Library[edit | edit source]

University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull HU6 7RX, UK

Contact[edit | edit source]

Phone: +44 (0)1482 465440
Fax: +44 (0)1482 466205
Email: libhelp@hull.ac.uk
Website: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/acs/lib.aspx

Holdings[edit | edit source]
  • Landed family and estate archives
  • Trades union and labour archives
  • Business records
  • Religious archives
Other Information[edit | edit source]
  • Online catalogue
  • Online virtual tour of the library
  • Online request form


Hull History Centre[edit | edit source]

Worship Street
Hull HU2 8BG, UK 

Contact[edit | edit source]

Phone: +44 (0)1482 317500
Email: hullhistorycentre@hullcc.gov.uk (general enquires)
Website: http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/

Holdings[edit | edit source]

More copies than original records, including

  • Civil birth, marriage and death indexes, beginning 1837
  • Census returns
  • Burial records
  • Church records
  • Street directories
  • Burgess Rolls, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
  • Wills
  • Newspapers
Other Information[edit | edit source]
  • Online catalogues and source guides
  • Enquiry service for a fee
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